Fence



i (No Model.)

' J. P. COOL.

FENGE. v I No. 371,822. Patented Oct. 18, 1887.

N. PEYERS, Phma-umo n hen Washington, D.c.

TNITED Srrns FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,822, dated October18,1887.

Application filed May 27, 1887. Serial No. 239,575. (No model.)

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. COOL, of Campbell, in the county of Ioniaand State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Fences, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates'to fences, and has for its object to simplify andoheapen their construction.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of myimproved fence; Fig. 2, a similar view looking from the opposite side;Fig. 3, a vertical sectional view on the line 00 0c of Fig. 2, and Fig.4 a top plan view.

A A indicate posts, B B the braces, O G 0', 8m, the rails, and D thebinders, as shown in all the figures, these parts being firmly boundtogether by means of a Wire, E, as hereinafter more fully described.

In constructing the fence the post A is first set up in position, and ablock about six inches high (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1) is placednear the foot of the post. Upon this block one end of the bottom rail,0, is placed, and upon this bottom rail is placed the bottom rail of theadjoining section, as shown in Figs. 1,'

2, and 3. The wire E is now passed about and secured to the post A belowthe rails G G and passed up on the front face of said rails, over thetop of rail 0, and around behind post A. Two more rails, O, are nowplaced upon the rails O, and the wire is brought out from between railsO 0, up across the front of rails O, and back around the post A, thisoperation being repeated with each set or pair of rails C O When therails 0 next to the top are reached, the wire is not only passed upwardacross their front faces, but is passed around behind post A, and downacross their front faces and between them and the rails O From thispoint the wire passes around behind post A, around braces B B, thenceupward around the upper ends of the braces, post, and binding. In thuspassing about the parts last mentioned the wire is twisted or woundcompletely about the binder D, the latter during the binding operationbeing in a position substantially the same as the braces. When thewinding is completed, however, the lower end of the binder D is swungaround to a posit-ion approximately parallel to the face, as shown inall the figures, and thelower end of the binder secured to the fence bymeans of a wire, as shown. In Fig. 1 there is shown but one binder, butin Fig. 2 two the ground a short distance.

such binders are shown, connected at their lower ends to the fence andto each other. While in some cases it may be found desirable to employtwo, I do not wish to limit myself to that number, because one of themmay be omitted, if desired.

The top rail, 0 is held in the fork formed by the crossing of the bracesB B, and the wire E, in passing about the upper ends of the braces,post, and binder, passes over the top of rail 0 and thereby prevents itfrom getting out of place. After the fence is bound together the blockis knocked from beneath the bottom rail and the post A driven into Asthe binder D is swung around it tends to twist the wire E tighter uponthe braces and post.

At various points on the post it will be found advisable to use staplesa. to hold the wire in proper position.

In constructing my fence the old rails now in use in ordinaryfarm-fences may be used without any'dressing or finishing, and it willalso be noticed that a fence can be constructed in accordance with myinvention on level or hilly ground with equal ease.

The number of rails may be varied as desired without departing from thespirit of my invention.

I am aware that fences similar in many respects to mine have beenpatented, and of course make no broad claim to this class of fences. Myparticular construction I believe possesses advantages over thoseheretofore patented, in that it is stronger and requires no previouspreparation of the rails and posts, thus enabling me to utilize therails of ordinary farm-fences.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is r In a rail fence,the combination, with the upright posts A A, crossed braces B B, andbinder D, all extending upward to approximately the same height, of therider G a series of rails, O O, &c., and a single wire, E, secured atthe lower end of the post and serving to bind the rails to the post, andalso binding the upper ends of the post, braces, and binder to oneanother and to the rider, all substantially as shown.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

Witnesses: JOHN P. COOL.

O. MARKHAM, RUBY A. MARKHAM.

